Pfc. Ivan Babcock wearing a replica crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegan, Germany, April 3rd, 1945 (slrpnk.net)
29 year old Pfc. Ivan Babcock of the US Army’s 165th Signal Photo Company poses with the crown of the Holy Roman Empire in a cave in Siegan, Germany, 3 April 1945....
Ernest Hemingway wielding a Mosin Nagant while fighting for the Republicans during the Spanish civil war, 1937 (slrpnk.net)
German Soldiers Crossing The Soviet Border (1941) (monero.town)
Wonderful Australian Talking Cats (digitaltmuseum.org)
Spanish Flu 1918 (lemmy.world)
A US engineer had a shocking plan to improve the climate – burn all coal on Earth (www.bbc.com)
Less than a century ago, even the experts of the day were talking about climate change in ways that would shock our 21st-Century sensibilities. To see why, you need only look at the claims of one prominent US engineer called William Lamont Abbott, who advocated an idea now unthinkable: he wanted to burn every gram of coal on...
50 Historical Figures Reimagined as Modern People Living Today (piped.video)
50 Historical Figures Reimagined as Modern People Living Today
Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find (hackaday.com)
Much about archaeology can be described as trying to figure out the context in which objects and constructions should be interpreted. A good example of this are the metal dodecahedrons (twelve-sided shape) which have been found during archaeological excavations at former Roman sites. Since 1739 over 115 of them have been...
WW1 experimental camouflage sniper's suit using the concept of "dazzle." (lemmy.world)
WW1 experimental camouflage sniper’s suit using the concept of “dazzle.” Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, high on acid at the 2000 Oscars. (lemmy.world)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Blame Canada”. The creaters, Matt Parker and Trey Stone decided that, “It’s a magical night tonight.”...
OJ Simpson freeway chase, 1994 (lemmy.world)
On June 17, 1994 celebrity and NFL player OJ Simpson had failed turn himself in to the LAPD in connection with the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman....
Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, 1870s. (lemmy.world)
Excerpt: The Brooklyn Bridge has always been an icon. When its massive stone towers began rising in the early 1870s, photographers and illustrators began documenting what was considered the most daring and astounding engineering feat of the era....
Hungarian revolutionary holds a captured AK rifle in 1956. (lemmy.world)
The 1956 Hungarian revolution was the first major armed conflict that featured the AK rifle, and the first conflict in which it was used by both sides. The photo above shows an anti-Soviet Hungarian revolutionary named József Tibor Fejes with a captured AK....
Terrifying monowheel vehicle, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Treffaswagen prototype tank, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
Straight out of “Abe’s Exodus”. Time to crush some Sligs?
"The Mother Of All Monowheels", 1923 (lemmy.world)
British engineer J. A. Purves in his 'Dynasphere' vehicle, 1932 (lemmy.world)
Cat Meow Machine, for scaring mice, Japan, 1963 (lemmy.world)
The Monowheel, Italy, 1933 (lemmy.world)
How did Turkey get the title of "Sick Man of Europe"? (www.geopolitize.com)
Three men racing on rocket-powered bicycles, Berlin, Weimar Germany, 1929 (lemmy.world)
Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus, an ineffective scoliosis treatment, 1878 (lemmy.world)
Poor kid.